Located in the southwestern corner of South Dakota, 57788 Vale is a popular rural community with many local attractions. Even though it is considered a small town, it has an active political scene. The mayor of 57788 Vale is Robert Smith, who was elected to his position in 2018. He is dedicated to providing quality services for all of the town's residents and visitors. The city council also consists of six members that are responsible for making decisions for the community. Every two years elections are held to decide who will represent their constituents on the city council. Additionally, there are a variety of other organizations within 57788 Vale that help with politics and governance at the local level such as school boards and public works departments. Through these organizations, people in 57788 Vale can make their voices heard on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 57788 (Vale, SD) is very conservative.
Butte County, SD is very conservative. In Butte County, SD 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 19.6%.
Butte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57788 (Vale, SD) is very conservative.
Vale, South Dakota is very conservative.
Butte County, South Dakota is very conservative.
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South Dakota is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Vale, South Dakota: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 57788 (Vale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)